This article introduces and lays the groundwork for this Contemporary Politics special issue
on the 'new'state capitalism. We start by noting that the rubric state capitalism tends to elicit …

Do local environmental conflicts have a political dimension? Can the fight for social space
be an opportunity for ecological activists to enter the “historical level” and question the …

This article examines the politics of capital control liberalisation through an archival analysis
of Britain's exchange controls abolition. While the political economy consensus states that …

This study examines the impact of spontaneous interactions between Jewish and
Palestinian students in a divided city, focusing on how these interactions influence attitudes …

Contrary to expectations, the global push for liberalizing reforms during the 1980s and
1990s did not abolish policy diversity in regard to capital flow management. Even though …

Following the 2008 financial crash, voices have called governments to re-embrace industrial
policy and promote industrial development. Such calls presuppose that the past decades …

Depoliticization is a pivotal political strategy that defines the contemporary governance of
core capitalist democracies. This thesis asks how depoliticization manifests itself as a …

In this short article, I propose a series of reflections on how Marx's project, and in particular,
his critique of political economy, has profoundly shaped and inspired my research on the …

This dissertation addresses the issue of expertise in climate change and pandemic
preparedness. Economies and societies around the world are increasingly facing the …

In order to make mobility more sustainable, it is necessary to discover how its complex
systems work and how power relations within them interact. Systems thinking, multi-level …